Higher ground source heat pump COP in a residential building through the use of solar thermal collectors

Renewable Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-39

  Girard, Aymeric ^a   Gago, Eulalia Jadraque ^b   Muneer, Tariq ^c   Caceres, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building space heating; Energy efficiency; Ground source heat pump; Model simulation; Solar assisted ground source heat pump

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; PUMPS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SPACE HEATING; SUN;

BUILDING SPACES; CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); MODEL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR ASSISTED; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMP; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84922748197     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.063     Document Type: Article

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